In late October 2010, Scott Walker told the Oshkosh Northwestern he would work through the collective bargaining process to come to agreement with state employees on their pension plans.
Editorial Board Member: Before, we were talking about state employees contributing to their plan, paying their share of the pension plarn. Collective bargaining come into that?
Walker: Yep (nodding yes)
Editorial Board Member: How do you get that negotiated and accepted by the state employee unions?
Walker: You still have to negotiate it. I did that at the county as well.
Walker then went on to say he would use furloughs as a bargaining tool, a fairly common practice, and that if unions could suggest alternate routes to saving money, he would be open to consider them.
As we all know, Governor Walker then went on to refuse to negotiate with unions, instead opting to ban collective bargaining. The full, hour-long video is here.
Stephen...Yes, that little weasel is up for re-election this year....7th district
Eugenie, Seattle
3/4/2012 7:52:52 PM
That's the GOP for you! They will use every trick in the book to win. After elected, they all become drunk with power! Now, Walker is nothing more than a parasite, who is up against the ropes, and will backtrack, and lie, and do anything, to try to save his own skin!
People need to boycott many companies, permanently, and not just when someone like Limbaugh, does something bad! They all had their chances to work for America, and they all blew it. Now. they, many in Corporate America, must suffer the consequences.
I have a long list of company names, that I will carry in my wallet, to remind myself to never buy one penney of anything from any of them, for the rest of my life. I know that I am fed up to my eyeballs, and that is how I will fight back! Other, People, simply must do the same!
Stephen, N.E. Tn.
3/4/2012 7:31:43 PM
Linda, Va. The endorsement of Cantor is the "Kiss of Death" for Romney in Va.
By the way, is the "little worm" up for re-election this year?
ron mariposa
3/4/2012 3:49:15 PM
Rob ore. I agree and when I posted on facebook I have had several people come on and agree with me. The people with a good view of life and what needs to be done are oneS that are fed up also. I agree we will see a big head shot of mittty and the caption will be what you said. I am white vote for me as you dont want that black guy have anymore time in our nation's WHITE HOUSE.
linda, virginia
3/4/2012 3:47:46 PM
Eric Cantor reared his ugly head today. He endoresed Mitt Romney. Cantor said, he has already cast his vote for Romney in the Va. primary.
Cantor has bigger sights than speaker of the house. Bob McDonnell screwed up so I betcha Cantor wants Romney to pick him for vp
Rob, Oregon
3/4/2012 2:00:03 PM
ron, I totally agree with the ridiculous E-mails, etc. This Democrat served notice a long time ago on the non stop Obama hating bullshit that they dream up daily. Friends, relatives, I don't care. It's either quit sending me fabricated hate day after day, or delete my address. I don't give a damn who you are. Shut up, this Democrat hits back. I believe the hate will be ramped up to epic proportion by election time, especially since their candidates are so weak, (still courting Jeb, anybody!) their party is divided, (pushed around by Freshmen teas) and they seriously lack ideas, (tax breaks for the wealthy, cut all programs for everybody else that suddenly became Socialist the day Bush left ) They may come down to an 'elect me, I'm white, he isn't' platform. They aint got much else.
ron mariposa
3/4/2012 11:51:04 AM
First going back to newt and his plan will lead us into another 10 plus years of war and more dead, more harmed, higher pump prices, higher food prices, lower wages for workers, and more money for his wealthy friends and corporations. As for scott walker he is a liar and he would have tried to walk on water if it got him into office. He is like all the gop=tea baggers #1 LIE, #2 CHEAT AND TAKE MONEY FROM CORPS AND WEALTHY, #3 DO ONE AND TWO AGAIN. That is what the gop=tea baggers do.
Change of subject: I have gotten some really nasty stuff on e-mail about the president in the last two days, and I have blasted the people who sent them. I am saying dont just delete this crap from people even if it is friends and family blast the hell out of these people. I went again on facebook and told people to defriend me and dont e-mail me if they cant have a real debate. I have listed facts to these people and they never come back. I finally hit the wall last night with one guy and told him the reason the gop=tea bagger dont like the President is because he is black, has a forigen sounding name, and his father was muslum. It is time to tell these people this is why they hate this man and it isnt his policies like health care, regulations, or protecting the american worker. It is time to stop trying to be PC with these people and tell them like it is they hate him for the reasons I said, tell and show them how their beloved heros did more harm to the economy than the president has done, and how the real gop from old warned of the military/industrial complex (IKE) and how all the issues that gop and dems worked to solve in the pass, and laws they both worked on in the pass to helped us all, and now these same laws and regulations are only democrats trying to control their lives and not the gop's fault in any way, Show them the laws and bills that the gop=tea baggers have are bs, and how these will invade their lives. These nut cups are so wrapped up in hate for this president they dont see what he is doing to build a good America, and not seeing what their clown gods are doing to their freedoms, and how they are dividing and destorying this country.
Just my humble views and a little rant on this sunny sunday morning!!
donnajoy
3/4/2012 11:32:57 AM
Mr. Walker, your actions speak so loud, I cannot hear what you are saying. The GOP/Tea Party candidates in 2010 told their constituents what they wanted to hear and then when they were elected they put in place their extreme libertarian agenda. Of course this was financially supported by such millionaires like the Koch Brothers. If we all do our due diligence for the 2012 elections, we will be able to defeat these extreme 1% conservatives without consciences and return to the democratic path of rights for all.
SlawDogg
3/4/2012 10:33:21 AM
Scott Walker, it is time to visit the Egress! Don't let the screen door smartly smack you on the backside!
SlawDogg
3/4/2012 10:31:42 AM
To paraphrase CeeLo Green - Forget him!
Just remember, his bedmates are Rush Limbaugh, Rick Snyder, the Koch Brothers, and every other squirmy thing on the bottom side of the republican barn wood.
The ONLY thing that these self serving jerks understand is when they are thrown out of office on their ear.
As Frank Sinatra sang, "And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain." Show is over.... monkey died!
